Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Tea is for Teacher

Tea is for Teacher. I bought a box of a beautifully and colorfully packaged flavored teas. Each flavor was in a bright and exciting color of packaging. They were so pretty! I must confess I am a tea drinker (never tasted coffee and have no desire to join that craze). I find a cup in the afternoon soothing and at times invigorating. I thought what a perfect gift for teacher! On the hunt for plain mugs I went! I found white ones at my local discount store. I used the Cricut cartridge Doodlecharms to cut a 3" apple out of white contact paper. I used that to make a template (adhering the negative image) for the alcohol inks to color in the apple. I used watermelon, cranberry for the apple and lettuce for the leaf. A little filler in the bottom of the mug, then 8 different flavored teas. I wrapped up with plastic and a ribbon that looks like a ruler and attached the poem. Just perfect for that grade schooler to give their teacher for Christmas. Below is the poem I came up with. Hope you like it. Tell me what Christmas gifts you are busy making. Thanks for looking.